Originally Posted By Judy from Boise PF Changs is almost everywhere now. Yes, there is 1 in the entire state of Idaho ( in Boise of course) ! I'm sure many of the States represented have 1 restaurant in the most urban city. Trust me, these restaurants are a big deal to many visiting families.It may not be fine dining....but it is an experience....Have you read "The experience economy"? Why do people pay $3.00 for a cup of coffee? Are they just stupid? I don't think so.
Originally Posted By fkurucz We do have a PF Chang's in Loveland, CO, but no others from that list. I imagine that there are probably a few of them in Denver (then again, the Rainforest Cafe in Denver closed)
Originally Posted By LPFan22 ~~~What I don't like about them is that they are very corporate and modern and plastic. The housing looks very much like 60s suburban sprawl, and from Mountain View to San Jose, it all looks exactly alike. It's perfectly fine there. It's not to my taste. Some people love it. I don't.~~~ I see your point and don't blame you for your opinion. The way I see it is the old neighborhoods are still there and things continue to build around them, creating a bad blend. There really are some nicer areas withing those areas you're talking about though. Either way, I respect your opinion. Personally, if I could afford it I'd have a cottage in the hills of Los Gatos or a larger home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Bay Area still has a lot to offer.
Originally Posted By jonvn "We do not have a PF Chang's in San Francisco." There is one in Palo Alto, at the Stanford Mall.
Originally Posted By jonvn "The way I see it is the old neighborhoods are still there and things continue to build around them, creating a bad blend. There really are some nicer areas withing those areas you're talking about though." Yeah, there are nicer areas. Some of the newer homes can be beautiful. Around me, the houses were built in the 1920s to the 1940s. It's really lush, the houses all look very different, and there is a sense of place. "The Bay Area still has a lot to offer." It probably is the single best area to live in the country. Other than Palo Alto, of course.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "There is one in Palo Alto, at the Stanford Mall." That is not San Francisco. It isn't even the same county.
Originally Posted By jonvn No, but it's close. I've never been in it, though. I don't think a PF Changs is going to open in SF anytime soon. I'm sure they'd love to put one in Chinatown. That'd go over well. Then you could have an Olive Garden in North Beach, and a Long John Silver's in the Ferry Building. Then the city could be like every other place in America.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt There's actually a PF Chang's closer to The City in Emeryville. Jon, I do believe that PF Chang's is looking for a location in downtown, somewhere near Market and Stockton Street. I wouldn't be surprised if they moved into the old Planet Hollywood location beneath Virgin Megastore. PF Chang's in Chinatown? LOL. Can you imagine?
Originally Posted By jonvn As I was reading that, I thought exactly that spot. Not much else open at Market and Stockton. The FAO Schwartz is turning into a Barney's. It was a Cody's bookstore for a while, that closed, too. I didn't know there was a PF Changs in Emeryville. I don't think I've been in Emeryville in 7 or so years.
Originally Posted By juicer They are building a PF Changs in Corte Madera at Town Center - Where the Container Store is. I think it is sopposed to open in a few months -
Originally Posted By labretbear How long was Cody's in the old Planet Hollywood spot? A year or less? I blinked and it was gone...
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "No, but it's close." Pff...not THAT close! It's 2 hours from SF(give or take, I used to do the commute), so it's not like you're going to drive over there for dinner.
Originally Posted By jonvn Palo Alto is NOT two hours from SF! It's like an hour. I think Cody's was in place for one year, then vanished. I never got a chance to walk in there. I did eat at the Planet Hollywood there once. It wasn't that great, and the prices were outrageous. I do drive through Corte Madera a lot to get to the wine country, but it's a bit ridiculous to go to any PF Chang in the SF area, given all the quality Asian eateries we have here.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<I guess I thought these were not special because they really are all within a few minutes of my house. I thought they were just plentiful everywhere. They are not?>> LOL, certainly not in Compton...or Korea .
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Palo Alto is NOT two hours from SF! It's like an hour." Well, all I know is from my commute from Menlo Park which is a bit closer to SF. I took the Caltrain, so door-to-door to downtown SF, it took 2 hours. Maybe driving is faster, but I can't imagine it cuts the time in half.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Caltrain moves at snails pace. Seriously. It's about 45-60 minutes driving from the SF border to Palo Alto.
Originally Posted By jonvn Yeah, don't go by caltrain. And don't go by commute time either. Unless you take 280 down to Sand Hill Rd. But 2 hours you should be just about in Santa Cruz.
